Things You Don't Like About Mibba.

  • bona drag.

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    @ i saw sparks
    The thought crossed my mind, but as long as we're not prohibiting other users from posting if they want, it should be okay. Like how the LGBTQ+ Club is geared towards that community on Mibba, but anyone can participate even if they don't identity as LGBTQ. I'll run it by the admins to make sure, but I think as long as we set it up similarly then it should be okay.

    Edit: Got admin approval. It'd be absolutely fine to create a club.
    March 27th, 2014 at 09:38pm
  • bellamy blake

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    @ bona drag.

    Awesomesauce. Thanks for looking into it for me! I wasn't sure because, though I'd seen the LGBTQ one, I didn't know if an "adult" thing would be the same since there are things like gay-straight alliances and whatnot but implying that "you should be x age or older" is a little different Shifty
    March 28th, 2014 at 12:48am
  • Jack Donaghy

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    Ooo an oldies club! There was a private subform on INO called "The Golden Girls" for older members, but it came about when I wasn't really active there anymore / I think I was too young, anyway. But now I am an internet senior-citizen so this is perfect. Weird
    March 29th, 2014 at 06:03am
  • kitsch

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    Sometimes when I recommend things, it will show on my profile (and the feed, I guess) but then when I check up
    on it later it disappears but it doesn't "un" recommend the piece. It just ceases to show proof on my profile feed.
    Facepalm Why, Mibba, why?
    March 30th, 2014 at 07:45am
  • archivist

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    The fact that it's distracting me from my Algebra CP homework.
    March 30th, 2014 at 08:03am
  • folie a dru.

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    The comment swap alert glitch.
    April 1st, 2014 at 06:58am
  • bellamy blake

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    That there are more creative writing prompts/sources of inspiration on Pinterest than on Mibba, and Pinterest isn't a writing site Facepalm

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    I don't like how if you're not a member of staff or if you're not BFFs with someone who is, basically none of your ideas or suggestions will ever get implemented or taken seriously.

    I think the whole "politics" of Mibba is seriously fucked up.
    April 3rd, 2014 at 11:14pm
  • Audrey T

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    i saw sparks:
    I don't like how if you're not a member of staff or if you're not BFFs with someone who is, basically none of your ideas or suggestions will ever get implemented or taken seriously.

    I think the whole "politics" of Mibba is seriously fucked up.
    Nothing is being implemented because the site's creator hasn't been around. No matter how anyone feels about any suggestion, nothing can be done about it.

    Most of the suggestions that have been made in the past and actually put to practice on the site, has come from non-staff members.
    April 4th, 2014 at 12:58am
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    Audrey T:
    Nothing is being implemented because the site's creator hasn't been around. No matter how anyone feels about any suggestion, nothing can be done about it.

    Most of the suggestions that have been made in the past and actually put to practice on the site, has come from non-staff members.
    I understand that Dujo is needed to fix features and implement things that require new coding/reworking of the site/things of that nature, I get that, but I've seen quite a few things implemented in the last....oh...four or five months or so, so saying that nothing gets done because Dujo's MIA isn't really true.

    I know I've personally made suggestions that don't require new coding, just a forum thread that's stickied or something along those lines. It seems like only a handful of people are able to get the things that they want done accomplished while everyone else is ignored/criticized if they mention anything about it.

    I just don't think that's fair.
    April 4th, 2014 at 01:08am
  • Audrey T

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    i saw sparks:
    I understand that Dujo is needed to fix features and implement things that require new coding/reworking of the site/things of that nature, I get that, but I've seen quite a few things implemented in the last....oh...four or five months or so, so saying that nothing gets done because Dujo's MIA isn't really true.

    I know I've personally made suggestions that don't require new coding, just a forum thread that's stickied or something along those lines. It seems like only a handful of people are able to get the things that they want done accomplished while everyone else is ignored/criticized if they mention anything about it.

    I just don't think that's fair.
    Here's a list of the current suggestions in the suggestion thread, and whether or not non-Dujo staff can implement them:

    Group PMs - we can't do
    All story ratings in the MM - we can't do
    Deleting story/poem comments - we can't do
    Queue posts - we can't do
    Farewell Forum - done (we did a farewell thread, we can't create new forums, only rename old ones)
    Block feature - we can't do
    New Mibba Year Book - we can't do
    My Story link shortcut - we can't do
    Mentor Welcome PMs - still looking for a way to make sure all new members are contacted/we can't do
    Full edit for topics - we can't do
    Published Mibba Mag - don't have the resources
    Advanced Story Search - already exists
    Organizing layouts - we can't do
    Co-write forum - we can't create new forums, can only rename old ones/still undecided if we'd need one if there's only two authors
    Captcha - we can't do
    Mibba Time Capsule - we can't do
    Mibba App - we can't do
    Subsection for surveys - we can't do
    Hiding e-mail addresses - we can't do
    Organizing stories - we can't do
    Chat room - we can't do
    Online offline indicator - we can't do
    Subscriptions alert - we can't do
    Read/Reading/Want to Read Options for Book - we can't do
    Ban Slut Shaming - rules already exist
    Book store - we can't do
    Collection covers - we can't do
    Updated story alerts - we can't do
    Chapter marker - we can't do
    Blog Privacy - we can't do

    These are literally all the suggestions posted within the last 8 months.

    It's not a matter of us only choosing to do what the staff wants. Users want things we can't implement. Most/if not all of the suggestions in the Suggestion forums has staff members who also agree it's a good idea but if can't be implemented by us, then we can't do it.

    The last thing you suggested that we could do was community building challenges (originally posted about a year ago), which we have implemented (at least in part).

    If you have ideas you think we're not seeing or ignoring, then make a thread in the suggestion forum so we can see it, and if it's do-able, we'll at least try it.

    Also, nearly every suggestion that comes up on the Suggestion thread gets criticism. That's how we figure out as much of the kinks as possible and figure out of users even want that thing. Staff suggested things are definitely not exempt from criticism. If you believe in an idea and want to see it come through, be sure to answer those questions that comes up in the criticism. If people have questions or doubts and no one can come up with solutions, then we're definitely going to have a much tougher time with implementing things. We need there to be more solutions that issues so we can get started on ideas. If you have an idea you want to get off the ground, work at it. Post it in the suggestion thread and work with other users to polish it off. Help plan it. Help find solutions for issues that crop up. Don't abandon ideas when they don't take off right away or when users point out parts of it that might not work. The suggestion thread is not just a suggest and walk away thread, especially if it's not a coding thing. It has to be worked at.*

    * This was actually the issue with the Welcome PM idea. The idea was brought up by non-staffers. It was a good. The users who wanted that, worked on it for a long time. They planned, they plotted, they came up with more ideas and suggestions on how to make it work. We followed it. We featured it, but there's still a lot about we need to figure out. If someone offers up solutions, we can continue to work on it, but if people just give up, it's not going to go anywhere.
    April 4th, 2014 at 01:43am
  • the 1975

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    That we can't turn off/at least ignore recommendations made by people we're friends with. I unfriended someone that was recommending a lot of blog posts, etc. and they wound up sending me another friend request. I have nothing against this user as a person so I didn't want to ignore or deny their request, it's just a bit annoying and overwhelming that the top half of my My Mibba page is taken up by their blog recommendations, none of which are to my interest.
    April 4th, 2014 at 07:23pm
  • mochi.

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    the 1975:
    That we can't turn off/at least ignore recommendations made by people we're friends with.
    Faccebook has an option where you can be friends with someone but still block their posts from your wall, I think this would be a cool option for Mibba too.
    April 4th, 2014 at 07:28pm
  • the 1975

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    @ estrellas.
    So does Twitter, in the sense that you can turn off retweets for certain people. It's great, because I like these people otherwise and in-real-life, I just don't care for their Internet presence.
    April 4th, 2014 at 08:07pm
  • Katie Mosing

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    @ the 1975
    If you go to your user subscriptions, you can just unsubscribe from them and then their recommendations and things won't show up on your My Mibba feed while still being their friend!
    April 4th, 2014 at 08:41pm
  • Aightball

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    The number of stories incorrectly punctuated with dialogue. Here's the RIGHT way to do it!

    Correct Dialogue Punctuation
    April 4th, 2014 at 08:58pm
  • CountSynula

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    @ Aightball
    Thanks for that link! Lmao. Can you imagine someone trying to talk while laughing? I mean....it's possible in person, but in stories, probably not likely in every paragraph.
    April 4th, 2014 at 09:22pm
  • the 1975

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    @ Katie Mosing
    Bless you.
    April 4th, 2014 at 09:23pm
  • Aightball

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    @ Synical

    Exactly! Plus, we're all guilty of these things (yes, even me!) and if you don't know about it, you won't catch it in revisions. Glad I could help =)
    April 4th, 2014 at 09:29pm
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    @ Aightball
    Yeah. I've made the mistake before and someone helped me and my writing is more correct now. Very Happy Never hurts to keep improving!
    April 4th, 2014 at 09:56pm
  • Aightball

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    @ Synical

    Exactly =)
    April 4th, 2014 at 09:59pm